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Getting Started

Create a workflow to Create Transaction with the You Need a Budget API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Create Transaction action
    1. Connect your You Need a Budget account
    2. Select a Budget ID
    3. Select a Account ID
    4. Select a Category ID
    5. Configure Date
    6. Select a Payee
    7. Configure Amount
    8. Optional- Configure Memo
    9. Optional- Configure Cleared
    10. Optional- Configure Approved
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

Integrations

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Details

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Transaction on You Need a Budget
Description:Creates a single transaction. [See the docs](https://api.youneedabudget.com/v1#/Transactions/createTransaction)
Version:0.0.3
Key:you_need_a_budget-create-transaction

Code

import app from "../../you_need_a_budget.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "you_need_a_budget-create-transaction",
  name: "Create Transaction",
  description: "Creates a single transaction. [See the docs](https://api.youneedabudget.com/v1#/Transactions/createTransaction)",
  version: "0.0.3",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    budgetId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "budgetId",
      ],
    },
    accountId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "accountId",
        (c) => ({
          budgetId: c.budgetId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    categoryId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "categoryId",
        (c) => ({
          budgetId: c.budgetId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    date: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "date",
      ],
    },
    payee: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "payee",
        (c) => ({
          budgetId: c.budgetId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    amount: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "amount",
      ],
    },
    memo: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Memo",
      description: "A short description",
      optional: true,
    },
    cleared: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Cleared",
      description: "Marking a transaction as cleared means it has posted to your bank account",
      optional: true,
    },
    approved: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Approved",
      description: "Approve it directly?",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    try {
      const response = await this.app.createTransaction({
        accountId: this.accountId,
        date: this.date,
        payee: this.payee,
        budgetId: this.budgetId,
        categoryId: this.categoryId.value,
        amount: this.amount,
        memo: this.memo,
        cleared: this.cleared,
        approved: this.approved,
      });
      $.export("$summary", `New transaction created in ${this.categoryId.label}`);
      return response;
    } catch (error) {
      if (error.error) {
        this.app.throwFormattedError(error.error);
      }
      this.app.throwFormattedError(error);
    }
  },
};

Configuration

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.
LabelPropTypeDescription
You Need a BudgetappappThis component uses the You Need a Budget app.
Budget IDbudgetIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Account IDaccountIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Category IDcategoryIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Datedatestring

The transaction date in ISO format YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 2016-12-01).

PayeepayeestringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Amountamountstring

E.g. -290.99

Memomemostring

A short description

Clearedclearedboolean

Marking a transaction as cleared means it has posted to your bank account

Approvedapprovedboolean

Approve it directly?

Authentication

You Need a Budget uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your You Need a Budget account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into You Need a Budget and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any You Need a Budget API.

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About You Need a Budget

Money doesn’t have to be messy. The YNAB budgeting app and its simple four-rule method will help you organize your finances, demolish your debt, save piles of cash, and reach your financial goals faster.

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New or Updated Transaction from the You Need a Budget API

Emit new event for every new or updated transaction. See the docs

 
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Emit new event for every spending in an account. See the docs

 
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Actions

Get Account with the You Need a Budget API

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Update Category Budget with the You Need a Budget API

Update a category budget for a specific month. See the docs

 
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Update an existing transaction. See the docs

 
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